Data Breach, Class Action Lawsuit Prompt Georgia IT Policy Review

Georgia is scrambling to review its IT policies as it faces a class action lawsuit over the mistaken release of voters’ personal information. On Nov. 20, Secretary of State Brian Kemp laid out a series of steps that the state is taking in the wake of the breach, announcing in a statement that he’s hired consulting firm Ernst & Young to perform an audit of Georgia’s IT practices and that he’s implemented “strict new rules” governing the security of voter information…READ MORE